Quinn wipes a smear of blood off of his face. "I guess I'll survive, though.
Hyram again tries to lash out at the creature with his sword but the blood from his flesh wound is making it hard from him to see.
He will also take a five-foot step .
Unable to see the other combatant, Alikia moves into the room flicking her wand again, to send two missiles at the demon. Watching as the blobs of energy smack the abrikandilu most heartily in the head, she grins. "Is everyone alright?"
"These beasts appear to hit hard!" Ezro exclaims as he holds his holy symbol up, channeling positive energy.
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Ezro calls upon Iomedea healing power as he channels her energy and heals his companions and himself. Hyram swings at the demon but misses.
The demon angered at the death of its companion takes its rage out on Quinn, biting and clawing him, just before Alikia kills it with her wand.
I think before we go through any other doors, Quinn should get some healing. The Inquisitor says.
"Healing in general would be wise, I'm certain, but we should also be careful how we expend what resources we have. We don't want to run out too early into the raid."
"Do not forget, if we need to, we can withdraw, and renew the assault tomorrow. I believe I still have enough resources for the tie being, but we do not know th eextent of the enemies control or sprawl here." Ezro says, while attending to Quinns wounds.
"I am nearly exhausted of my most powerful magics though."
Casting positive energy into his hand, he sees to Quinn.
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"Don't worry about it. Can't expect to launch an attack like this without taking a scratch or two." Quinn holds his hand up to his face where the rat-demon had torn it. "It wasn't like I was winning any beauty contests before..."
Ezro heals up the Paladin and you decide to move on deeper into the Gray Garrison, so you form up in the hallway outside the two doors that Aladir listened at before.
Let's check out that door and confirm that there is no one there. Hyram says hopefully.
"Agreed. Seems the next most logical step."
Lingering a moment in the room with the two decapitated crusaders, Alikia bends down to ensure that both of their eyes have remained closed before offering a small prayer over them. "I'll ensure that you two have a proper burial, along with Lord Hulrun." She whispers to them, before following the others back into the hall.
With trembling fingers, Alikia puts her wand back into belt pouch as she holds her crossbow up, waiting to fire at the first sign of trouble.
Quinn looks around the room with the dead knights. "We will need to stop soon, just to search this place and reconsecrate these atrocities..."
"But, for now..."
Quinn opens the door and sees three cultists and a tiefling formed up for battle. Blood and filth smear floor of this long room. Six white stone statues of famous heroes line the hall — each clawed, bloodstained, partially smashed, or otherwise defaced. At the far end of the hall, a raised dais holds an upturned alabaster altar. Sitting atop the upside-down altar is a hideous mass of severed limbs that have been stitched together into a vile monstrous insectoid shape. Before the dais, seven ratty bedrolls have been laid out on the floor.
They must have been waiting as soon as the door is opened, the alchemist throws a fire bomb and hits Quinn damaging the paladin. The three cultists ready there weapons to attack whomever steps into the room.
Aladir UP
Well, so much for the room being empty! Hyram says as he steps into the room and attempts to stab a cultist but misses.
A flash of flame washes over Quinn as he steps through the door. He exhales a billow of smoke, as he feels some burn through the explosion. Looking over the line of defenders on the other side of the door, he spies another tiefling preparing his next attack. He steps up and slashes at one of the cultists. "Now, you of all people should know better than that..."
"You all are so predictable, hiding behind your shields of flesh!" Aladir says aloud, having already been drawing an arrow as soon as the alchemist threw his firebomb, stepping in front of Hyram and loosing an arrow at the cultist on the right.
The arrow strikes the man solidly in his shoulder, making him cry out in pain as blood seeps from around the arrow shaft.
Rolling her eyes at the grouping of cultist, Alikia makes a note that the teifling that fled earlier has not yet made an appearance. Alikia begins chanting the incantations for her spell subconsciously stroking her crossbow and waving a stick of butter at the men. As soon as she stops, grease materializes underneath the alchemist and two of his guards. "Let's see how you like that!" Alikia says triumphantly.
Hyram
Hyram
Quinn
middle cultist
really ! a 4,2,3.....
Stand up. Ok
Stand up. Fail, Fail
Ezro
Quinn
Aladir shoots an arrow at the tiefling in the back row, and wounds him. Hyram and Quinn both step into the room and swing at the cultists, who were ready for them. Two of them swing at Hyram as he stepped in, and one at Quinn but they all were not prepared enough and their swings go wide. Alikia just shakes her head and causes a greasy substance to coat the floor under the tiefling and two of the cultists. All three of them fall prone to the ground. Ezro, even with the cultist down, misses with his longsword.
Othirubo stands up, manages to stay on his feet and reaches into his pouch for another vial. The two prone cultists stand up, however both of them fall back down. The one to the right swings at Quinn and misses.
Aladir UP
As the cultist in front of him rises to stand, Hyram will skewer him.
Enraged that the cultist is still standing, Hyram will stab him again.
Ezro swings at the cultist in front of him as he tries to stand from the grease under him.
"Stay down heathens!" he yells.
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Quinn laughs snorts back a laugh, as three of the cultists slip and fall. As the one nearest him tries to stand, Ezro gives him two quick stabs leaving him bloodied. Quinn quickly finishes the job.
Almost casually, Quinn turns the blade and stabs the last of the human cultists, leaving the tiefling's entire defense lying on the floor. "Now you fall," Quinn says as he stalks in.
Watching in astonishment as the three holy worshipers of Iomedae cut down the enemy cultist, it all finally clicks for Alikia. This was why the crusades had managed to keep the demons at bay for over one hundred years. Before now, she just thought that it was due to sheer stubbornness on the crusaders part. "Impressive." Opting to stay near the back and admire her handiwork with her spell, Alikia waits to see how Hyram, Ezro, and Quinn will handle the alchemist.
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Aladir shoots an arrow at the tiefling and hits it, while Hyram, Quinn and Ezro put down the three cultists in front of them. Alikia grins to herself and smiles at her choice of spell being so effective. Quinn and Hyram step up, but Hyram is in the grease area and slips and falls prone.
The tiefling drops the vial he retrieved a moment ago in front of him and billow smoke comes forth, obscuring even dark vision beyond five feet. He moves carefully thru the grease to the left, around Hyram and Ezro, past Aladir and thru the door of the room to the left. You see another tiefling guard and three creature's bloated frames shuddering with each heaving step, yet despite their shapes, the things move with surprising quickness.
Aladir UP
A grease spell covers a solid surface with a layer of slippery grease. Any creature in the area when the spell is cast must make a successful Reflex save or fall. A creature can walk within or through the area of grease at half normal speed with a DC 10 Acrobatics check. Failure means it can't move that round (and must then make a Reflex save or fall), while failure by 5 or more means it falls (see the Acrobatics skill for details). Creatures that do not move on their turn do not need to make this check and are not considered flat-footed.
Well, that is embarrassing! Hyram says as he stands up and moves to face the oncoming cultists .
Quinn's seldom seen tail snakes out grasping a vial of holy water. He follows in Hyram's wake, tossing the vial through the door at the bloated demons grouped in the next room.
Ezro moves tot he doorway, hearing the gathering commotion as their presence is finally noticed.
"Iomedea guide us and help us bring our blades upon the foes!"
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Turning and giving a yelp of surprise when the next door opens, Aladir quickly nocks and fires another cold iron arrow, aiming at the creature standing directly in front of him in the doorway before taking a quick step backward to get his back against the wall.
Rolling her eyes as she watches the teifling flee up the stairs, Alikia begins her ritual to summon her trusty eagles.
1 is back towards Quinn, then clockwise
@-4 around corner
Aladir lines up a shot at the demon standing directly ahead, and scratches it with his arrow, then steps back against the wall. Hyram moves out of the greased area, and sets himself up in the doorway to block the demons from coming thru, while Quinn steps up and using his prehensile tail, grabs a vial of holy water and throws it at the demon however he misses and the vial hits the demon next to it dead on. It burns the creature and its two companions. Alikia begins casting a spell to summon celestial eagles to attack the creatures, while Ezro casts bless upon the group.
While the tiefling in the back is directing the demons to move forward and attack, Othirubo climbs the stairs and is out of sight. The two demons up front attack Hyram. One claw from each of the beasties hits him.
Aladir UP
He sends you to die, while he escapes? Are you sure you really want to do this? Hyram says with a sneer.
As the demon falls, Hyram smirks and says, Next?
Quinn steps past Hyram and over the fallen demon.
"Save at least one for me," he jokes as he passes.
Aladir turns his attention to the tiefling directing the demons to attack, figuring it might not be a bad idea to cut off this snake's head.
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Ezro moves into the room, and releases a burst of positive energy, making sure to prevent the energy from hitting the enemy.
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Upon finishing her incantation, Two small birds phase into being, conveniently flanking the tiefling. Both animals peck and scratch at the enemy letting out loud screeches as they try to cut the cultist down, in order to make their conjurer proud. Though most of the attacks are more a flurry of activity, One manages to dig its beak into the teifling's arm, while the other rakes a talon across his face.
Alikia, meanwhile moves to see her pets in action, as she takes aim at the cultist letting a bolt loose. As she hears the bolt hit something, the tall half-elf smirks to herself, hoping that it was enough to put the outsider into unconsciousness. "Woo! Go eagles! Make me proud!" She cheers at her small summons, while reloading her crossbow.
N Small animal
Init +2; Senses darkvision 60 ft.; low-light vision; Perception +10
DEFENSE
AC 14, touch 13, flat-footed 12 (+2 Dex, +1 natural, +1 size)
hp 7 (1d8+3)
Fort +5, Ref +4, Will +2;
Resist acid 5, cold 5, electricity 5; SR 6;
OFFENSE
Speed 10 ft., fly 80 ft. (average)
Melee 2 talons +5 (1d4)+2, bite +5 (1d4+2)
Special Attacks Smite Evil 1/day (swift action, +Cha bonus to attack, +HD bonus to damage; persists until target dead or creature rests).
STATISTICS
Str 14, Dex 15, Con 16, Int 2, Wis 15, Cha 7;
Base Atk 0; CMB 1; CMD 13
Feats Weapon Finesse
Skills Fly +8, Perception +10; Racial Modifiers +8 Perception
Aladir lines up a shot at the tiefling behind the demons and wounds it. Hyram critically hits the demon in front of him with his cold iron sword and kills it, while Quinn takes a few steps and kills the next demon in line. Alikia two eagles come into being, surrounding the tiefling and kill it, with her crossbow bolt making sure that it is dead as it falls. Ezro steps up and excluding the remaining demon, calls upon Iomedea energy to heal the group, and everyone sees wounds close and in general are better.
The last demon, stupid to the end, continues to follow orders and claws Quinn twice, undoing some of the healing that Ezro did.
Aladir UP
If possible, Aladir will maneuver to get a shot at the last demon. If not he will position himself to get add much visibility into the other rooms as he can, just in case.
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Finish him Quinn! so we can find where the other one went to! Hyram says as he waits to step into the room.
Quinn draws his blade from the body of the fallen demon. "With pleasure," he responds as he slashes the creature across the throat, dropping it into the pile with its allies.
"Do we advance, or secure the bottom floor?" Alikia poses the question mostly to the worshipers of the Inheritor as she raises a hand to pause her summons. "There might be some things we missed when pursuing our foes. However, the longer we give them to dig in, the harder it may be to root them out." Creasing her eyebrows in thought, Alikia gives a careful glance to the room she had founded. "Ultimately, I still have plenty of arcane abilities left, and we can still press forward if our search down here has proved to be unsuccessful."
"There is a point at which I can no longer abide the desecration I've witnessed." Quinn looks to Ezro and Hyram to see if they agree. "Tactically, we should secure this floor quickly and assault the next before they dig in. But, the shrine, the statues, the mural... more importantly the bodies of Lord Hulrun and all of these crusaders... Should something not be done to honor and respect the fallen?"
Nodding solemnly at Quinn's suggestion, Alikia lowers her crossbow. "I think we should bring them back to Defender's Heart to bury them. That way, everyone has a chance to show their respects." Allowing the small birds to rest on her shoulders, Alikia gently pets both eagles, as she begins to wander into the temple. "There also appears to be a living quarters in the temple. I will start there." Giving an weary glance to the mangle of limbs on the altar, Alikia pokes her head back into the hallway. "Uh.. Will someone be willing to assist me in dealing with this," pausing to find the right word Alikia makes a face, "display?"